Could social bonds be the key to human big brains? A study of the fossil teeth of early Homo from Georgia dating back 1.77 million years reveals a prolonged childhood despite a small brain and an ...

Gene mutations have consequences both good and bad—from resistance to conditions like diabetes to susceptibility to certain ...

Environmental DNA harvested from the ocean, land and air can help scientists monitor wildlife. The challenge is figuring out how to interpret this eDNA.

Among extant genes known to have originated among Denisovans are sequences common in Tibetan populations that help the body ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Forensic expert Stephen Kramer, who played a key role in identifying the true perpetrator of the Dana ...

Credit: NASA Wednesday’s research aboard the International Space Station (ISS) focused on DNA-like nanomaterials ... on plant ...